Adjustable arm support



Sept. 5, 1939.

A. ROSENBERG ADJUSTABLE ARM SUPPORT Filed Oct. 11. 1938 flbra/qam @58'7be INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEADJUSTABLE ARM SUPPORT Abraham Rosenberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application October 11, 1938, Serial No. 234,372

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-118) My invention relates to an adjustable armsupslides in a similar manner over the closed end l1 port for use inreligious or quasi-religious cereof element l2. Each of the twooutermost elemonies and more particularly for use in certain ments IIand I3 has secured to its free end an ceremonies of fraternal rituals.outwardly open bow-shaped member I8, l9. n

In certain fraternal rituals it is ordained that the elements I2 and I3there are mounted adja- 5 an applicant taking his oath, on bended kneeand cent the ends l4 and I6 thereof blade springs 20, raised arm, is toremain. in this extremely fati- 2| projecting beyond said ends. Theprojecting guing and even painful position for a considerends of thesprings carry inwardly projecting able length of time. plugs 22, 23,each adapted to engage at choice 10 With the foregoing in mind it is anobject of any one of a longitudinal series of holes 24, 10 my inventionto provide an arm support which provided in each of the elements II andi2. can, be used in executing the ceremony in ques- Thus, the length ofthe support and the distance tion and which renders it possible toretain a between the two bow-shaped members I8l9 position, in which oneknee is bent and one arm can be easily adjusted to any desired extent.

is raised for any leng o t Without causing In use, the support isinitially adjusted to the 16 y e- Another Obje t Of my invention isdesired length. Then, when the applicant has to provide a support whichcan be easily and taken his proper position, the bow-shaped meme ydjusted 0 accommodate different p bers are placed upon the knee andunder the sons. raised arm to support the latter.

I accomplish these and other objects by the I claim; arrangement andcombination of elements set An adjustable arm support, comprising apluort in e following pt o C ed in rality of longitudinal elementstelescopically the pp l nd ll r tiv ly xemplimounted the one within theother, releasable fl in t e accompanying drawing inwhichi means to fixsaid elements in any one Of several Fig. 1 is a perspective v w f an armpp relative adjusted positions with respect to one according to myinvention and another, and two bow-shaped members opening Figs. 2 to 4are side elevational views of the in opposite directions and havingtheir bight porthree l p c emen forming h pp tions secured to the freeends of the outermo t p ve y. telescoping elements, each of. saidbow-shaped In the drawing l2 and I3 denote three 10114 members beingequally adapted to rest on the gitudinal elements. Element I2 is hollowand upper leg of the user and to serve as support for open at one end l4thereof and this element has his upper arm. an inner diameter to slideover the end I5 of element H. The open end I6 of element l3 ABRAHAMROSENBERG.

